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Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
5. I have mixed feelings about the Occupy movement.
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 04:45 PM
Apr 2014

In one sense, I am quite happy that such a thing has happened.
In another sense, I feel like it was a missed opportunity as there were no groups that came out of the ashes of it that would have been able to sharpen their message, simplify and try to push for actual change.

I understand not wanting to have heads to such a movement, however movements NEED personalities to rally around, so it was diffuse enough that many equated it as complaining for the sake of complaining, as such it was disorganized.

It was easily dismissed then as a childish movement of people that don't matter, since they don't have an easily recognizable constituency.

Without spokespersons that could be built up, the message was not widely pushed.

If they have a resurgence, I'd be happy about it, and more likely than not support it. However, I would like a better organization behind it, during and after staged events. Otherwise, there is no one that politicians can point to and deal with.

It was suppressed by a centralized coordinated DHS effort. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2014 #1
To the extent it was an expression of rage at the kid gloves the finance folks Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2014 #2
Occupy discussed CLASS - TBF Apr 2014 #3
I think there's a tipping point it almost reached. IMO, that's why DHS infiltrated and undermined RKP5637 Apr 2014 #6
Yup. nt 2naSalit Apr 2014 #17
It helped to put on display, the brutality of the corporate state, Skeeter Barnes Apr 2014 #4
I agree. It was a step, an important step, in a ladder to what has been building all along CTyankee Apr 2014 #8
I don't know about that. Perhaps it was just a beginning. Skeeter Barnes Apr 2014 #10
I have mixed feelings about the Occupy movement. Xyzse Apr 2014 #5
Oh, but we HAVE "personalities" to rally around! warrprayer Apr 2014 #18
It never needed to be vindicated. WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #7
I love how the movement still scares the crap out of the status quo types. Rex Apr 2014 #11
Sorry, but past tense means you don't know it is still ongoing. Rex Apr 2014 #9
An invisible behind the scenes social movement hack89 Apr 2014 #12
well, let me put it this way. Occupy was one step. It is immaterial whether the average voter was CTyankee Apr 2014 #15
Occupy is but one of several threads in American culture hack89 Apr 2014 #20
I disagree. I think these are all threads of the same yarn basically...that of income inequality.... CTyankee Apr 2014 #22
Time will tell. Nt hack89 Apr 2014 #23
They've TOTALLY Changed The Narrative... WillyT Apr 2014 #13
Not really, since it was about 35 years late ... frazzled Apr 2014 #14
Yes, but I think Occupy was a REMINDER for people to sit up and take notice. It happened BECAUSE CTyankee Apr 2014 #16
The last gasp of democracy warrprayer Apr 2014 #19
It is still an ongoing necessity. Zorra Apr 2014 #21
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